FRAGRANCE OF YOU

She was a nameless staff in his towering empire.
He was a man destined for greatness... and already claimed by another.
But fate-cruel and cunning-tied their lives together with a lie wrapped in roses and regret.

Juliette never asked for love.
She only wanted a quiet life, a dream of her own perfume shop, and maybe... a place to belong.
Sebastian Whitmore, cold and calculated, offered her marriage-not out of love, but out of obligation.
Hidden from the world, sealed with promises that meant nothing to him.

What began as a forced union slowly turned into something unspoken.
She cared for him in ways he never noticed.
He wore the scents she made, breathed in the comfort she left behind...
Yet he never knew it was her.

Until she was gone.
Until everything fell apart.
Until the woman he never chose became the one his heart could never forget.

And now-he's chasing ghosts in the wind, searching for the scent that once felt like home.

📌 Trigger Warning:
This story contains themes of death and grief, which may be triggering for some readers. Please proceed with care.